What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Weekly calendar of exhibits, theater, music, and more

Posted
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 12:41 pm

BroadHollow Theatre's "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change" concludes its run in Elmont on Sunday.

Exhibits and more...

AB-EX/RE-CON: Abstract Expressionism ReconsideredAB-EX/RE-CON explores both the best known and less familiar practitioners of abstract and gestural painting who dominated the American art, criticism and commentary during the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s. Artists on display include Diebenkorn, J. Ernst, Frankenthaler, Hofmann, Kline, and Motherwell. Through June 16. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 484-9337 or www.nassaumuseum.org.Across Time & Place: Treasures from the Permanent CollectionThis rotating exhibition highlights a broad range of works by 19th and 20th century American and European artists from the Heckscher Museum’s Permanent Collection. Of particular interest is Étienne Berne-Bellecour’s monumental Embarkation Maneuver, 1882, which factually depicts the departure of a regiment of cuirassiers following the Franco-Prussian War. Heckscher Museum of Art, Main St. and Prime Ave., Huntington. (631) 351-3250 or www.heckscher.org. The Lyon, the Which and the WarholAn exhibit of photographs by photojournalist Danny Lyon and visionary pop artist Andy Warhol, culled from the Hofstra University Museum’s extensive photography collection. The exhibit connects their works to those in other media by Chuck Close, Jim Dine, and Lisbeth Firmin (the “Which”). Through May 19. Hofstra University’s David Filderman Gallery, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672. Using the Lessons of the Holocaust to Teach ToleranceA contextualized history that explains the 1920s’ increase of intolerance, reduction of human rights, and lack of intervention that enabled the persecution and mass murder of millions of Jews and others. Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, 100 Crescent Beach Rd., Glen Cove. 571-8040 ext. 100 or www.holocaust-nassau.org.We Hold These Truths...This exhibition celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and examines issues of slavery, the abolition movement and emancipation through artworks, artifacts and ephemera. Artists include Willie Cole, Daniel Chester French, Richard Hunt, William H. Johnson, Glenn Ligon, Howardena Pindell, Betye Saar, and Kara Walker. Through July 26. Hofstra University’s Emily Lowe Gallery, Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672 or www.hofstra.edu/museum. Afternoon MovieSee the thriller “Zero Dark Thirty,” about the caputure of Osama Bin Laden, Friday, May 3, 2:30 p.m.; also the historical drama “Lincoln,” with Daniel Day-Lewis and Sally Field, Tuesday, May 7, 2 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theatre, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.At the MoviesSee “Hitchcock,” the drama about the relationship between filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and wife Alma Reville during the filming of Psycho in 1959, Monday, May 6, 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Oceanside Library, 30 Davison Ave., Oceanside. 766-2360. Bing Crosby: His LifeExamine Bing Crosby’s later life at the multi-media program, featuring music and interviews, hosted by Jack Schnur, Wednesday, May 8, 2-3:15 p.m. Registration required. Baldwin Public Library, 2385 Grand Ave., Baldwin. 223-6228.Art LectureExamine “The Dutch Golden Age,” with art historian Ines Powell, Thursday, May 9, 1 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262.